Soothe the Beast

(Eberron Campaign Setting, page 60, DnD 3.5)

[General]

Echoing the music of creation, your music has power to calm animals.

Prerequisite

Perform 6 ranks, Bardic music class feature

Benefit

You gain an ability similar to the wild empathy ability of a druid or ranger. Your music can improve the attitude of an animal. You make a Perform check instead of a Diplomacy check and use the result to determine the animal's new attitude. The typical domesticated animal has a starting attitude of indifferent, while wild animals are usually unfriendly. To use this ability, you must be within 30 feet of the animal. The check takes 1 minute, but it might take longer to actually infl uence the animal. You can also use this ability to infl uence a magical beast with an Intelligence score of 1 or 2, but you take a -4 penalty on the check.

Special

Using this ability counts as one of your daily uses of bardic music.